2. (Med.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains or affections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day. That rheumatic diseases do abound. Shak.
RHEUMATIC
Rheu*mat"ic, n.
Defn: One affected with rheumatism.
RHEUMATISM Rheu"ma*tism, n. Etym: [L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. rheumatisme. See 2d Rheum.] (Med.)
Defn: A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart. Inflammatory rheumatism (Med.), acute rheumatism attended with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which become swollen, hot, and very painful. — Rheumatism root. (Bot.) See Twinleaf.
RHEUMATISMAL
Rheu`ma*tis"mal, a. (Med.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to rheumatism.
RHEUMATISMOID
Rheu`ma*tis"moid, a. Etym: [Rheumatism + -oid.] (Med.)
Defn: Of or resembling rheum or rheumatism.